SMB will present at The TradersExpo New York 2017. You can sign up to ATTEND FREE. Mike Bellafiore will present February 27: Seth Freudberg, who runs our Options Desk, will present as well. Last year Mike presented and then stuck around to answer questions. We hope to see you at The TradersExpo NYC 2017. *no relevant positions
Taking your trading to the next level
In a daily trader review or monthly trader review, often I find the words: “to take my trading to the next level.” Traders wish to take their trading to the next level. It’s almost like we could start a cult: Next Level Trading. The desire is there for most traders. The question is the how. Most traders focus on trading … Read More
Check In With Yourself
One thing I consistently see with most traders I mentor is a lack of a holistic premarket preparation routine. Yes, most already check the news, find things they’re interested in trading, and begin to pour over charts for levels and patterns. Pretty standard. All good things ,but… What I teach my mentees is to add checking in with themselves! Sure, we … Read More
Why join a prop desk?
On my blog for Yahoo Finance Contributor, The Trading Coach, there is an Ask Anything option. One reader asked: What are the advantages of trading prop? We are a proprietary trading desk in NYC, trading stocks, options, futures, and automated trading. The firm, powered by Kershner Trading Group, provides capital, training, coaching and mentoring, technology and assumes all risk. … Read More
5 Lessons from the Prop Desk
I was grateful to be asked by my friend, JC Parets (@allstarcharts), to present at Chart Summitt 2017. My mandate? Share 5 lessons from the prop desk. As always, I love to include anecdotes from traders succeeding on our desk to teach. And I did so again here in this online presentation. My 5 lessons from the prop desk were: … Read More
Fail, Win, and Then Fail Some More: The Path to Becoming a Winning Trader
Part II of our training program on our prop desk in NYC is Trader Development. There is a lot of necessary and wonderful failing that goes on during Trader Development. During this process traders experiment with different setups that we highlight. There are trading strategies worth exploration that active traders use to win. We continually point them out daily during … Read More
The Trading Setup That Turned One Trader into a 7-Figure Trader
Thursday we held an online class for our trading community: The trading setup that turned one trader into a 7-figure trader. The replay of this class can be found below in HD video. Here is what you will learn from this class: The trading setup that catapulted a floundering developing trader into a 7-figure trader The path this trader traversed … Read More
Misery–Nothing Worked Today $CREE $STX $EAT
(1/25/17) Things didn’t work out so well today. Technically, EAT trade idea worked perfectly but I forgot to enter my “trading script” pre-market so I missed the short at 46, which worked perfectly trading down $2 to our first support area. It’s actually my second favorite setup for a stock reporting earnings: poor EPS & guidance that pops to well … Read More